The label for DuCard Vineyard’s newest wine, a 2020 Sparkling Norton Rose designed by Nethers graphic artist Kim Bealle of d&k design. MadRapp/GreeneJournal photos courtesy DuCard Vineyards.
DuCard Vineyards in Etlan is excited to announce a newly released wine that is four years in the making that will certainly bring an extra layer of cheer to your holidays.
Introducing 2020 Dorothy’s Slippers Sparkling Norton Rose!
Dorothy’s Slippers Sparkling Rose is made from Norton grapes grown, harvested, and fermented from the DuCard vineyard by the innovative, winemaking wizard, Julien Durante.
“It’s a sparkling Norton Rose, which is very unusual, given that Norton is a deep dark, aromatic wine with relatively high acidity that we have learned to tame,” DuCard owner Scott Elliff said. “Not what you’d think would work for a rose.”
Made in the traditional, old-school Method Champenoise with grapes from the 2020 harvest allows for over three years of bottle aging that provides a softer rounder flavor development, tiny bubbles, and elegant mouthfeel. The composition of the wine is 70% Norton and 30% Viognier, both from the DuCard estate vineyard.
While discussing the potential color of the wine at the onset of the project, it was mentioned that the color would be a rich rose, even a ruby color and the idea of Dorothy’s ruby slippers from the famous L. Frank Baum book and movie The Wizard of Oz was born.
For the label, the ideas swirled around like a tornado and landed on a confident woman with a 1930’s flair as an homage to Dorothy with a DuCard tattoo sipping wine from a black slipper as a historical reference to show respect for an artist’s creativity.
The tag line for the wine came as an easy decision, “There’s no place like DuCard.”
This is a limited release wine that is available for purchase throughout the month of December at the tasting room or online at the DuCard website,
Remember, There’s no place like DuCard, There’s no place like DuCard, There’s no place like DuCard!
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DuCard Vineyards is a boutique vineyard and winery producing award-winning wines at its gorgeous mountainside location bordering the Shenandoah National Park.
The vineyards is located at 40 Gibson Hollow Lane, Etlan, Va., 22719. For more information call (540) 923-4206.
This post originally published by The Piedmont Journal Recorder at https://pjrnews.com/articles/business/ducard-vineyards-releases-a-new-sparkling-wine-called-dorothys-slippers/